Cameron Lavery

Cameron Lavery is a Special Counsel and is based in the Brisbane office.

Cameron is also our National Pro Bono Manager in BN's Pro Bono & Responsible Business team which leads the Impact Project, a program focussed on strengthening the firm’s commitment to pro bono, community giving, environmental responsibility and indigenous participation across Australia.

For over fifteen years, Cameron has developed and enhanced innovative pro bono and community legal services for people facing disadvantage, including integrated outreach legal clinics, health justice partnerships, and codesigned digital tools in Queensland, Victoria, and New South Wales. He has particular legal expertise, including advocacy and strategic litigation in:

• Homelessness and housing
• Personal, financial and health insecurity
• Human rights

Cameron’s specialist legal skills focus on preventing evictions into homelessness, including for First Nations community members, advocating for domestic and family violence victim-survivors, and addressing financial and health legal needs related to vulnerability, along with human rights-based negotiations, administrative review, judicial review, and appeals.

Prior to joining BN, Cameron worked extensively in senior leadership and principal lawyer roles in the pro bono and legal assistance sectors, collaborating closely with other leading Australian law firms, along with the government, philanthropic, and community sectors.

'Throughout my career, I have continued to responsively think about how to meet the rising priority legal needs of vulnerable people across Australia, and to achieve increased collective impact. I continue to be motivated by the power of pro bono in empowering those most at risk in our community to access justice.'

Cameron’s direct professional insights have been regularly published in leading journals for Australian lawyers, including Victoria's Law Institute Journal and the Queensland Law Society's Proctor for over a decade.

Industry recognition:

• Good Design Awards – Social Impact Category Awards for excellence in design and outstanding innovation, AUS/VIC in 2021 and 2024
• Law Council of Australia – Justice Project best-practice recognition for legal services that prevent and reduce homelessness, AUS/VIC in 2018
• Council to Homeless Persons - Excellence in Ending Homelessness for Adults Award, VIC in 2017